A DAY AFTER THE CONCLUSION OF THE TWO-DAY LUZON INDIGENOUS PEOPLES ASSEMBLY THAT WAS HELD AT THE TEACHERS’ CAMP IN BAGUIO CITY ON SEPTEMBER 9 AND 10, SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA TODAY SAID SHE WOULD TAKE TO THE SENATE THE RESOLUTIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS THAT CAME OUT OF THE ASSEMBLY THAT NEED LEGISLATIVE ACTION.
Among the issues and concerns submitted for legislative action during the said assembly are the:
(1) Amendment of the Electric Power Reform Industry Act (EPIRA) to redefine “host […]
PREPAREDNESS IS ALWAYS THE KEY TO SURVIVE A DISASTER-WHETHER CAUSED BY NATURAL OR MAN-MADE HAZARD, SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA TODAY SAID.
As the world commemorates the terrorist attack in the United States, known as the 9/11 tragedy, Legarda said that being prepared and having an emergency evacuation plan is essential in such disasters as proven in the case of the largest tenant in the US World Trade Center during the attack.
The company Morgan Stanley Dean Whitter, which had 3,700 employees […]
SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA TODAY ECHOED THE SENTIMENTS OF THE COUNTRY’S INDIGENOUS CULTURAL COMMUNITIES OVER THE ILL-EFFECTS BROUGHT UPON THEIR LIVELIHOOD, HEALTH, FOOD SECURITY, CULTURAL INTEGRITY AND LANDS BY EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS BROUGHT ABOUT BY CLIMATE CHANGE, FURTHER AGGRAVATED BY IRRESPONSIBLE MINING OPERATIONS.
“It is lamentable that despite the fact that indigenous peoples contribute the least with respect to carbon emissions due to their simple and sustainable lifestyles and practices, they are most affected by the consequences of climate change,” Senator […]
SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA WILL LEAD TODAY, SEPTEMBER 9, THE OPENING OF THE TWO-DAY LUZON INDIGENOUS PEOPLES (IP) ASSEMBLY AT THE QUEZON HALL, TEACHER’S CAMP IN BAGUIO CITY, WHICH SHE SAID WILL BE THE VENUE WHERE LEADERS OF VARIOUS INDIGENOUS CULTURAL COMMUNITIES (ICCS) IN LUZON CAN VOICE OUT THE CONCERNS OF THEIR GROUPS.
Legarda, Chair of the Senate Committee on Cultural Communities and Committee on Climate Change, said that the gathering is primarily a consultation between IP leaders and the government. Read More
It is with great pleasure that I welcome you all to the first Indigenous Peoples’ Regional Assembly, which we convene today.
In convening this assembly, I am particularly grateful to the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples for gathering our IP leaders all over Luzon.
We thank the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, the Department of Tourism, the Department of Education, the National Commission for Culture and the Arts and the International Labor Organization for supporting this important initiative.
As […]
